configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs while installing HPCToolkit with Spack - build-error

Question

I was tring installing HPCToolkit following this tutorial:
http://hpctoolkit.org/software-instructions.html#Prerequisites
and, after entering "Spack install hpctoolkit" I got some error messages
2 errors found in build log:
10 checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
11 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
12 checking for x86_64-conda-linux-gnu-gcc... /home/ncaa/spack/lib/spack/env/gcc/gcc
13 checking whether the C compiler works... yes
14 checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
15 checking for suffix of executables...
>> 16 checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in `/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-libiconv-1.16-e7emipnlb4kfxggwdzwb7fgpbu5hpupy/spack-src':
>> 17 configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
18 If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
19 See `config.log' for more details
See build log for details:
/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-libiconv-1.16-e7emipnlb4kfxggwdzwb7fgpbu5hpupy/spack-build-out.txt
spack-build-out.txt:
==> libiconv: Executing phase: 'autoreconf'
==> libiconv: Executing phase: 'configure'
==> [2021-03-13-20:45:16.501013] Copying ./build-aux/config.guess to libcharset/build-aux/config.guess
==> [2021-03-13-20:45:16.510159] '/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-libiconv-1.16-e7emipnlb4kfxggwdzwb7fgpbu5hpupy/spack-src/configure' '--prefix=/home/ncaa/spack/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-8.4.0/libiconv-1.16-e7emipnlb4kfxggwdzwb7fgpbu5hpupy' '--enable-extra-encodings'
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-conda-linux-gnu-gcc... /home/ncaa/spack/lib/spack/env/gcc/gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in `/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-libiconv-1.16-e7emipnlb4kfxggwdzwb7fgpbu5hpupy/spack-src':
configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details
config.log (on OneDrive):https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah8JdDB38REth3K7XSgq6TZQ46eV?e=4z2bQI
my platform and user environment
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 6 11:36:42 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ gcc --version
gcc (crosstool-NG 1.24.0.133_b0863d8_dirty) 8.4.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
compat-glibc-headers-2.12-4.el7.centos.x86_64
glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
compat-glibc-2.12-4.el7.centos.x86_64
glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ spack config get compilers
compilers:
- compiler:
spec: gcc#8.4.0
paths:
cc: /home/ncaa/anaconda3/envs/env0/bin/gcc
cxx: /home/ncaa/anaconda3/envs/env0/bin/g++
f77:
fc:
flags: {}
operating_system: centos7
target: x86_64
modules: []
environment: {}
extra_rpaths: []
config.yaml (on OneDrive):https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah8JdDB38REth3P-jV-PP9P-bSjS?e=6ucN9e
packages.yaml (on OneDrive):https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah8JdDB38REth3RTTTJGckufGQVT?e=fFs2YH

Answer 1

running "spack install xz" gives:
(env0) [ncaa#localhost ~]$ spack install xz
==> Installing xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k
==> No binary for xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k found: installing from source
==> Using cached archive: /home/ncaa/spack/var/spack/cache/_source-cache/archive/51/5117f930900b341493827d63aa910ff5e011e0b994197c3b71c08a20228a42df.tar.bz2
==> No patches needed for xz
==> xz: Executing phase: 'autoreconf'
==> xz: Executing phase: 'configure'
==> Error: ProcessError: Command exited with status 1:
'/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k/spack-src/configure' '--prefix=/home/ncaa/spack/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-8.4.0/xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k'
2 errors found in build log:
34 checking whether ln -s works... yes
35 checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
36 checking for x86_64-conda-linux-gnu-gcc... /home/ncaa/spack/lib/spack/env/gcc/gcc
37 checking whether the C compiler works... yes
38 checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
39 checking for suffix of executables...
>> 40 checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in `/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k/spack-src':
>> 41 configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
42 If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
43 See `config.log' for more details
See build log for details:
/tmp/ncaa/spack-stage/spack-stage-xz-5.2.5-ilny777kxpjghq6abvl7hv5skt5sxo3k/spack-build-out.txt
It seems the problem has something to do with cross compiling check

Answer 2

switching gcc version to 7.3.0 fixed this problem. The cross compiling check get result "no" now.